SARL is wide open for catfish season
Santa Ana River Lakes is officially open for catfish season and those tasty cats are on the chew. Anglers that have been casting towards the deeper waters were having the most success this past week. Fresh shrimp, mackerel, night-crawlers & mealworm marshmallows have been the hot baits. 
Santiago Palacios of West Covina landed 15 catfish totaling 42 pounds. Santiago’s biggest catfish weighed in at 5 pounds using fresh shrimp at Toad Road. Mike Fry of Anaheim landed 5 catfish totaling 14 1/2 lbs. using mackerel soaked in Eagle Claw garlic gravy fishing by the bubble hole. Rick Sanchez of Tustin filled his limit of 5 fish with both catfish and tilapia. Rick’s limit weighed in 9 lbs. 8 oz using night-crawlers by the boat dock. Eric & Belinda Haynes of Fullerton fished/camped overnight and ended up with 13 channel & blue catfish totaling 38 lbs. 4 oz. The Haynes family was using a mealworm & marshmallow combo fishing in Chris’ Pond. Santa Ana River Lakes is open seven-days-a-week and has 24 hour overnight fishing/camping sessions every weekend during the summer. New lower prices check www.fishinglakes.com for price slashes on the Big Summer Friends & Family discount special. The more friends and family you bring fishing, the greater the combined savings will be. For more Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call 714-632-7830 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.
Big 19 pound catfish caught at Corona Lake
With the recent heavy weekly stockings of catfish, tilapia and monster cats contributed to the great catfish opener at Corona Lake. Fishermen in boats had a advantage with superb fishing across the lake, back in the trees. Shore anglers did quite well fishing at the dam or at J.D.’s point. The heaviest fish of the week was caught by Gilbert Mallada of Lake Elsinore. 
Gilbert landed a huge 19 1/4 lbs. catfish using shrimp back in the tules. Jacob & Josh Panian of Yucaipa & Max Velasquez of San Jacinto landed 13 catfish totaling 34 lbs. 8oz. The team was using both night-crawlers & mackerel fishing from a boat at the dam. Oliver Valdez of Corona caught 5 crappie totaling 6 pounds using jigs at the south end of the lake. Mike Ortiz of Riverside caught 5 catfish totaling 17 1/2 lbs. Mike’s biggest cat weighed 5 1/2 pounds using chicken livers at J.D.’s point. Corona Lake is open seven-days-a-week and has 24 hour overnight fishing/camping sessions every weekend during the summer. New lower prices check www.fishinglakes.com for price slashes on the Big Summer Friends & Family discount special. The more friends and family you bring fishing, the greater the combined savings will be. For more Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call 714-632-7830 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.